Race specific altitude effects on blood pressure

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 435-438

  Hasler E ^a   Suter, P M ^a   Vetter, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Blood pressure; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLUID BALANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030754930     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000468     Document Type: Article

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